check this out....lost a buddy a couple days ago!

[Ram07]

My friends father drives a School Bus...has to head way up in the boonies to collect the kids, on the way....this happened!



You can see the bus, and what was a van....of course both died on the spot....but man, it was a good thing the bus didn't have the kids on board huh, that was just nasty!

That's all I keep thinking right now to get my head around it...empty school bus.....how does this shit happen!

[charge69]

That looks horrible!!  Prayers go out to both families here!  Thank goodness there was no children on the bus!

[Ram07]

empty road, at 5 am....the man driving the bus, my buddies Dad, was in his early 60's...good guy...

[bull]

Dang. That must have went up real fast for neither of them to make it out alive.

[Ram07]

well..don't know...both vehicles were empty when the fire was out...took a little while to find them.


Why do bad things happen to good people, really makes ya think!

[JB400]

When it's your time to go, it's your time to go.  Sorry it had to happen.  Best of wishes to the families.

[Ram07]

Yes....thanks for the caring thoughts there Stroker...

[JB400]

Yes....thanks for the caring thoughts there Stroker...do me a favor, when I post something....don't reply...okay? Go play with your gifs or something!

Sorry for seeming cold, but.........

[Ram07]

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[ACUDANUT]

Bad things happen to good people. Maybe someday we will learn why. Sorry for you loss... Prayers.

[djcarguy]

  Sad news ,glad no kids on  bus  thank goodness..  very sorry for ya an his family.. sent ya a pm.latter dj

[Cooter]

Sorry for your loss.

[tan top]

aww noo , sorry to hear this !! & loosing your  buddy  , cant see picture you posted so cant  see what happened   , but guessing its bad  ,  sad for every one involved

** edit ** see picture now !!      sad

[burnout.dawg]

Sometimes things just happen for no reason whatsoever. A horrific accident like this one will never make sense. It could have happened to any one of us. My prayers go out to you and the families and community for your loss.

[PocketThunder]

Yes....thanks for the caring thoughts there Stroker...do me a favor, when I post something....don't reply...okay? Go play with your gifs or something!

Disregard Mr. Stroker.   

That bus accident sucks.   

[Charger-Bodie]

Sorry to hear of this horrible tragedy. Take care.

[Tilar]

Sorry to hear of your friend.    

I work on School buses every day and as thick as the metal is on these buses there is no way burning fuel will get it hot enough to melt the sides like that. What in the world was that bus made of? Aluminum maybe?  It almost looks like one of those flimsy tour buses someone painted yellow and made it into a school bus. Very illegal here in Ohio.  

I'm sure Stroker didn't mean anything bad by what he said, I think he was just being realistic... which can seem brutal at times.  

[FJ5WING]

I don't see what Stroker posted being any worse than posting up the pic of a double fatal wreck. 

[Ram07]

Sorry for posting the pic...was in a local newspaper thats where I got it from.

The bus was one of those van type buses, a short bus.

Apologies to Stroker.

[Tilar]

You didn't have to take the pic down, you should put it back up. Emotions run high when a friend dies, and from the other side of the screen it's sometimes hard to say something that is actually comforting and not over-used.

Back on the subject of the bus though, if this is an actual school, someone needs to check to see if the law really allows that type of bus to be used to haul school children to and from school. The only time they can be used around here is on a field trip for like the FFA or another organization that pays for it themselves and doesn't come from school funds.  What I'm trying to say is there may be criminal liability issues with the school board for allowing these to be used as bus transportation because they are not safe at all, as you can see from the picture you posted.

[Ram07]

Was one of these....a lot of them here, used for the rural areas.

[Tilar]

Bluebird body on a Chevy frame. Wasn't quite what I pictured but to see it melt like it did makes me wonder... While I don't make the final decision I do have a lot of input on what is bought, and I wouldn't consider one of those for our school.